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A team of Goldsmiths graduates have won a prestigious Royal Television Society (RTS) award for their documentary exploring the life of Black and queer rapper Kween Deekayy.
Graduate Sophie Sutcliffe collected the award at the ceremony (Credit: RTS London/John Stone)
The which delves into themes of mental health and music creation won the Factual 鈥� Long Form category in the RTS London Student Awards 2025.
Entitled 鈥淭he Story of Kween Deekayy: Struggle into Symphony鈥�, it was directed and edited by Martha Byrant, with Charlotte Lang as Producer, Sophie Sutcliffe as Director of Photography and Co-Producer, and Blaire Yeonjae Lee as Editor.
The film will now be put forward for the national RTS Student Awards.
Another Goldsmiths by Joseph Elkamouri, James Hutchinson, Umbreen Rajah and Shuruq Alkhodair, 鈥淭he New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM)鈥�, was also nominated in the Factual 鈥� Long Form category, and received praise from the panel of judges.
鈥淭he Story of Kween Deekayy鈥� was nominated in both the Factual 鈥� Long Form category and Sound category, going on to win in the Factual 鈥� Long Form category at the awards ceremony at London鈥檚 The Magic Circle.
One of the characteristics of good documentary film making is to be adaptable and to be willing to see where a journey takes you. It is to all the student’s credit that they overcame any obstacles that were put in their way, found the truth in their stories and have now received the recognition that they deserve.
Ben Unwin, Lecturer in the Department of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies (MCCS)
Both films were created over two terms by teams of third year Media and Communications undergraduates, who chose the documentary specialism in their final year. The films were shown as part of the 2024 Media Degree Show.
Graduate Sophie Sutcliffe and lecturer Ben Unwin with the trophy
Ben Unwin, Lecturer in MCCS, said, 鈥淲e are absolutely thrilled that our Documentary students received these nominations and an award for all their hard work in producing excellent and ambitious films.
鈥淏oth the nominees and the winners took everything that they had learned in year 2 and improved upon it to produce work with a very high level of professionalism.鈥�